I'm one of those who also refuses to try hide it as such - I won't
necessarily wear it in public, except to the right type of fancy dress
party, but since my primary cane is electric blue, I have a matching darth
vader helmet, after quite a few kids kept asking where I got the light saber
from, and I also have braille tattoos on forearms, which is partly a
statement, but also lets me actually show sighties what braille looks like.
The other joke relating to the blue cane, and the helmet is my version of
the well known darth vader statement (Luke, I am your father):
Look, I can see no farther!
I am who I am - take it or leave me the heck alone! <smile>
Stay well
Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Rivard" <woofer...@sbcglobal.net>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 3:12 PM
Subject: [Audyssey] don't draw attention? Sheesh! - Re: The importance
ofpatronage
I have known people that would not use a cane or a dog because it made
them, heh heh heh, look blind? One of them used to walk past a gas station
on a regular basis, and he got a bit side tracked one day and fell into a
grease pit. A guy came running out of the station yelling, "Hey! Are you
OK?" After being assured that he was, the guy then asked, "Why the heck,
although he used another word, don't you use a dog or a cane?" The guy
told him that it would draw attention to the fact that he was blind. The
response? "Oh. In that case, are you bombed? What are you doing in that
grease pit? What are you, blind or something?" To me, these kind of
people should receive a Darwin award after their importance of appearance
has killed them. I'm not ashamed of my blindness. The fact is, I'm blind.
I'm mobile. That's what Carolina's for. She's a good German Shepherd
Guide Dog. I don't care if people notice that I'm blind, because it's a
fact.
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Shepherds are the best beasts!
----- Original Message -----
From: "dark" <d...@xgam.org>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 1:09 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] The importance of patronage
I've encountered the atitude that "I don't use a cane because it shows
I'm blind"
Actually this came up when i was applying for a guide dog last year (I'm
stil on the list).
the thing I find odd, is that I use a cane not for anyone else, or for
appearence, but just for me!
My sense of space (or lack of), frequently means I can't judge the
distance of something even if I perceive or see it (and it'd have to be
pretty close for me to see it).
Looking as though I'm blind? I think i'd look far more stupid falling
down a flight of stairs and breaking my nose, and as for danger, -----
well see the above comment!
In terms of other people and taking up more pathway that rather confuses
me, sinse certainly with the technique I use the cane tip is only 2 foot
in front of my own feet and as wide as my body.
There are certainly people, ----- mmmm, lets say larger in gurth than i
am who probably take up more space overall ;D.
I sometimes run into complaints when i'm out and about, not of me, just
of disabled people in general (I think such people would complain equally
if there was someone in a wheel chair coming down the street), but
usually such people will get a very sharp answer indeed.
beware the grue!
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